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Site BuildingHow To Create A ‘Contact Us’ Page That Invites Conversions And Generates SalesThe ‘Contact Us’ page is often an afterthought. However, done correctly, it can be an effective tool for driving sales and conversions. Here’s how…
Content CreationContent Marketing Strategy: Plan Your Content Calendar In Advance (Plus Template + Worksheet)How to move from blogging to true content marketing using some actual strategic planning. Craft your content marketing calendar with this ultimate guide.
Traffic & ConversionBlog Traffic: The Ultimate Guide To Increasing Your Blog TrafficHow do you get blog traffic? How do you generate traffic when you’re first starting out? Which strategies are more effective than others? This guide goes into it – in detail.
Sales & ConversionBlog Monetization: The Exact Business Model Proven To Make Money BloggingWhat does a real blog monetization strategy look like? What’s the business model? This guide will walk you through the business model to make money blogging, step by step.
ProductivityWhat To Focus On: A Simple, Numerical System For Ranking Your Ideas And Figuring Out What To Do, WhenHow do you decide which project or idea to work on first? What should you be spending your time on right now, given all that you have to do? This post gives a simple, numerical system to rank your to-do’s and determine what to do next.
Getting StartedHow To Build And Monetize A Blog In A Crowded Market (A Strategic Launch Plan)How can you start a blog in a crowded market? Are you just too late? Here’s a different approach to enter a saturated market.
Content CreationAnatomy Of The Perfect Blog Post: A Complete Guide To Ideal Blog Post Structure And FormattingA complete guide to the 9 separate factors that go into crafting the perfect blog post – optimized to have maximum traction after you hit the publish button.
ProductivityFocus Mapping: An Exercise I Perform Every Morning Before I Get To WorkIn this video, I continue on the subject of my last video. In this one, I talk about focus mapping. This is a simple exercise that I do every single morning before getting to work. It guides me on the tasks I do that day, and most importantly… it helps me weed out the ones which are a waste of my time (or that I shouldn’t be doing). In this video, we go right to my screen and I’ll show you exactly how it works.
ProductivityA Productivity Tool That Has Transformed My Work Day (HINT: It Isn’t Software)At the beginning of the year, I implemented a new productivity tool into my daily workflow. This isn’t a software based tool. And, as you can probably tell from the screenshot, it is actually just a simple black notebook. What do I do with this notebook which has provided a HUGE sense of focus to my daily schedule? Watch and find out.
Business SystemsHow To Avoid The Most Common Pitfalls While Growing Your Online BusinessThere are 3 things that are absolutely the most common constraints to people working on building their online business. Here’s how to avoid them.
Sales & ConversionThe Web As You Knew It Is Dying – And This Is How It Has Changed Everything For Bloggers and MarketersEverything changes. And the internet is certainly changing. Here’s what’s happening… and what this means for bloggers, content creators and online marketers.
Business & EntrepreneurshipThe Blogger Code Of MonetizationA short code of conduct for monetizing a blog and making money while respecting your reader at the same time. This is a voluntary code, of course, but helps keep things going smooth.
Email List BuildingWhat If You Emailed Your List Every Day? (A Different Look At Email Frequency)If somebody recommended to you that you email you list every day, what would you say? If you’re like most, you would say they’re insane. Is that true?
Sales & ConversionCase Study: How This Mental Health Blog Can Make More Money (By Removing Banner Ads)An in-depth look at a mental health blog called the Radical Transformation Project and how she can improve her site – and increase revenue by dropping banner ads.
Sales & ConversionThe Fastest (Often Overlooked) Way To Making Money OnlineLooking to make money fast? If you’re looking to do that through traditional blog monetization, you will likely be sorely disappointed. Let’s talk about what works.
Site BuildingHow To Use A Global Header And Footer On Thrive Architect Landing PagesTime to get a little bit geeky with Thrive Themes. Specifically their Thrive Architect (previously Content Builder) editor.
Sales & ConversionHow To Sell Without Selling: Making Money Without Being A Pushy SalesmanHow do you make an online sales from your blog without coming away feeling like you just sold your soul? Here’s how to sell without being pushy.
Email List BuildingUltimate Guide To Building An Email List: List Building That Works And Makes You MoneyThe complete guide to how to build your email list from your blog, including opt-in and lead magnet strategy that is working today.
ProductivityStarting An Online Business: 6 Dangerous Habits That Can Sabotage Your SuccessStarting an online business can seem pretty hard… especially if you have one of these 6 common dangerous habits. The first step is to know what they are…
Sales & ConversionHow To Get Social Proof When You Don’t Have Any TestimonialsSocial proof is important to making sales, but what do you do if you’re just starting up and don’t have any testimonials yet? Here are multiple ways to build in social proof.
Sales & Conversion15 Different Countdown Timer Tools To Drive Urgency On Your Sales Pages And EmailsThe countdown timer is a popular tool for increasing conversions. Here are 14 different tools for online marketers to easily place countdowns on their sites and in email.
Content CreationThe 6 Core Pages Of Your Blog – And How To Tweak Them To 2X Your ConversionsIn this post, I’m going to talk to you about how to tweak your blog for conversions. We’ll talk, specifically, about 6 important core pages and how to tweak each of them in order to double your conversions (or more).
Site BuildingBlog Layouts: Is YOUR Blog Designed According To These Conversion Blueprints?In this post, I’m going to talk about the basic layout of your blog and I’m going to give you a few frameworks that you can use on your own blog to ensure people notice what you want them to see, thereby increasing the chances they’ll convert into a real subscriber and prospect for you.
StrategyOnline Marketing 101: Do You Need A Blog In Order To Make Money Online?Do you even need a blog to do online marketing? Is there any difference between a blog and a website? In this post, we go back to the uber basics of online marketing.